.NET Core Job Trends in England

.NET Core
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring .NET Core skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 290 127
Rank change year-on-year +6 -163 +32
Permanent jobs citing .NET Core 506 411 1,876
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.63% 1.05% 2.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.29% 5.33% 11.05%
Number of salaries quoted 475 353 1,777
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,124 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,339 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% +6.68% -11.54%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.NET Core falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,049 7,712 16,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.94% 19.69% 20.20%
Number of salaries quoted 6,103 5,707 14,142
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £66,268 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +10.45% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -11.11%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing .NET Core relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

.NET Core job vacancy trend in England

.NET Core
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core

.NET Core
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Core in England

.NET Core
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Core within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -37 128 £55,000 -8.33% 46
South East 0 88 £57,500 +9.52% 48
London -46 88 £82,500 +3.13% 59
Midlands +14 78 £60,000 +14.29% 27
North West +6 69 £55,000 -8.33% 25
East of England +33 62 £88,750 +65.12% 28
South West -24 55 £52,500 -22.22% 14
East Midlands +10 53 £65,000 +23.81% 11
North East -20 38 £65,000 +44.44% 9
West Midlands -36 25 £60,000 +1.69% 16
Yorkshire -73 21 £55,000 -8.33% 13
.NET Core
UK

.NET Core
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.58%) IIS
3 3 (0.59%) CMS
4 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Magento
2 1 (0.20%) ION Anvil
2 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 337 (66.60%) Azure
2 98 (19.37%) Azure DevOps
3 93 (18.38%) AWS
4 55 (10.87%) GitHub
5 48 (9.49%) SaaS
6 45 (8.89%) Azure Logic Apps
6 45 (8.89%) Serverless
7 40 (7.91%) Power Platform
8 36 (7.11%) Azure AI
9 33 (6.52%) GitHub Copilot
10 23 (4.55%) Power Automate
10 23 (4.55%) PowerApps
11 22 (4.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 22 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
12 21 (4.15%) Azure Functions
12 21 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
14 19 (3.75%) Azure Service Bus
14 19 (3.75%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (3.75%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.98%) Internet
2 2 (0.40%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.20%) AMQP
3 1 (0.20%) Firewall
3 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.20%) Modbus
3 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (30.24%) SQL Server
2 148 (29.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 101 (19.96%) MongoDB
4 37 (7.31%) Elasticsearch
5 35 (6.92%) Power BI
6 27 (5.34%) NoSQL
7 20 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (2.57%) MySQL
9 10 (1.98%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.58%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.38%) Redis
12 4 (0.79%) NonStop SQL
13 3 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.59%) GIS
14 2 (0.40%) MariaDB
15 1 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
15 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
15 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
15 1 (0.20%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 46 (9.09%) Git
2 7 (1.38%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.19%) JIRA
3 6 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.59%) GitLab
5 3 (0.59%) Vite
6 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.40%) MSTest
6 2 (0.40%) NUnit
6 2 (0.40%) webpack
7 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.20%) CA Release Automation
7 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.20%) Selenium
7 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 77 (15.22%) Finance
2 51 (10.08%) Social Skills
3 23 (4.55%) Games
4 15 (2.96%) Banking
5 13 (2.57%) Advertising
5 13 (2.57%) Retail
6 10 (1.98%) Law
7 9 (1.78%) Automotive
7 9 (1.78%) Front Office
8 8 (1.58%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (1.38%) Marketing
10 6 (1.19%) Public Sector
11 5 (0.99%) Legal
12 4 (0.79%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.59%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.59%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.59%) Music Industry
14 2 (0.40%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 385 (76.09%) Developer
2 220 (43.48%) .NET Developer
3 126 (24.90%) Senior
4 107 (21.15%) Software Developer
5 78 (15.42%) Senior Developer
6 74 (14.62%) C# Developer
7 54 (10.67%) Lead
8 53 (10.47%) C# .NET Developer
9 49 (9.68%) Full-Stack Developer
10 47 (9.29%) Software Engineer
11 30 (5.93%) Lead Developer
12 29 (5.73%) Senior Software Engineer
13 28 (5.53%) Senior Software Developer
14 26 (5.14%) .NET Software Developer
15 23 (4.55%) .NET Software Engineer
15 23 (4.55%) Applications Developer
16 21 (4.15%) Azure Engineer
17 20 (3.95%) Azure Developer
17 20 (3.95%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 20 (3.95%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 506 (100.00%) .NET
2 218 (43.08%) ASP.NET
3 135 (26.68%) ASP.NET Core
4 111 (21.94%) React
5 97 (19.17%) HTML
6 96 (18.97%) .NET Framework
7 94 (18.58%) CSS
8 92 (18.18%) Entity Framework
9 86 (17.00%) RESTful
10 82 (16.21%) Blazor
11 71 (14.03%) Vue
12 70 (13.83%) AngularJS
13 57 (11.26%) ASP.NET Web API
14 55 (10.87%) Node.js
15 36 (7.11%) ML.NET
16 34 (6.72%) REST
17 31 (6.13%) LINQ
18 29 (5.73%) JSON
19 26 (5.14%) ASP.NET MVC
20 21 (4.15%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.52%) Greenfield Project
2 31 (6.13%) Cloud Native
3 18 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (3.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 12 (2.37%) Sports Betting
6 11 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.17%) Hedge funds
6 11 (2.17%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.78%) Digital TV
8 8 (1.58%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.38%) Social Network
10 6 (1.19%) 3D Graphics
10 6 (1.19%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.99%) iPhone
11 5 (0.99%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.59%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.57%) VMS
2 7 (1.38%) Windows
3 5 (0.99%) Android
3 5 (0.99%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (44.66%) Full-Stack Development
2 190 (37.55%) Agile
3 145 (28.66%) CI/CD
4 130 (25.69%) DevOps
5 106 (20.95%) Software Engineering
6 96 (18.97%) Microservices
7 59 (11.66%) MVC
8 56 (11.07%) Machine Learning
9 55 (10.87%) Containerisation
10 53 (10.47%) AI
11 51 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 51 (10.08%) SDLC
12 48 (9.49%) OO
13 47 (9.29%) Multithreading
14 40 (7.91%) Analytics
14 40 (7.91%) User Experience
15 39 (7.71%) Business Intelligence
16 37 (7.31%) Collaborative Culture
17 36 (7.11%) Clean Code
17 36 (7.11%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 455 (89.92%) C#
2 266 (52.57%) SQL
3 147 (29.05%) JavaScript
4 99 (19.57%) TypeScript
5 39 (7.71%) PowerShell
6 18 (3.56%) Python
7 12 (2.37%) Kusto Query Language
7 12 (2.37%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.19%) Bash
9 4 (0.79%) Bicep
9 4 (0.79%) Java
10 3 (0.59%) PHP
11 2 (0.40%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.20%) C++
12 1 (0.20%) F#
Qualifications
1 34 (6.72%) Degree
2 15 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.78%) AWS Certification
4 8 (1.58%) AWS Certified Developer
5 7 (1.38%) Security Cleared
6 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.79%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.40%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.40%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.40%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.96%) QA
2 6 (1.19%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.40%) GDPR
3 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.40%) ITGC
3 2 (0.40%) SLA
4 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 104 (20.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 91 (17.98%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.53%) Terraform
3 2 (0.40%) Ansible
Vendors
1 220 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.75%) Adobe
3 13 (2.57%) Google
4 12 (2.37%) Facebook
5 6 (1.19%) YouTube
6 5 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (0.79%) Workday
8 3 (0.59%) Apple
8 3 (0.59%) Sony
8 3 (0.59%) Yahoo!
9 2 (0.40%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.40%) Foundry
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle
9 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.20%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.20%) IBM
10 1 (0.20%) Reuters
10 1 (0.20%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.20%) Splunk
10 1 (0.20%) WooCommerce